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Fire crews from Dinosaur National Monument and the BLM responded to four lightning caused fires on Friday after a storm moved across the area on Thursday evening. According to Dinosaur National Monument, the largest fire is the Split Fire, located in a remote and rocky area at 7000 feet elevation on the north side of Split Mountain.
Uintah County issued the following statement on the closure of the City of Fun Carnival after its opening on Thursday: “City of Fun Carnival contacted Western Park in Vernal on June 11th to find out if the facility was available and interested in hosting the carnival this year.
A press release was issued last week announcing that Uintah County, Vernal City, Naples City and Ballard City are pleased to provide grants to assist businesses through the COVID-19 hardship. “Small businesses are critical to the success of the Basin’s economy,” shares the announcement.
The Sunday COVID-19 Situational Update on www.tricountyhealth.com shows that the total confirmed cases in Uintah County is 30 with 13 Recovered while the total cases in Duchesne County is 13 with 10 Recovered.
A local author is sharing her work tonight at a Meet and Greet at the library and all are invited. Kerry Mitchell has spent her life creating stories about life’s most important lessons and tonight she will be highlighting two of her books that are already in print and available on Amazon.com.
Uintah County has issued a statement on the closure of the City of Fun Carnival after its opening on Thursday.
The Craig Police Department issued a press release on Wednesday with details of two recent drug arrests in Craig. “Early on the morning of June 21st, Officer Mendoza of the Craig Police Department stopped a motorcycle in the 600 block of Legion in Craig for fictitious license plates.
Dinosaur National Monument has announced their plans to increase access to the visitor centers and Quarry Exhibit Hall. “Beginning Tuesday, June 30th, Dinosaur will reopen the Canyon Visitor Center near Dinosaur, Colorado and the Quarry Visitor Center and Quarry Exhibit Hall near Jensen, Utah,” shares National Park Service.
Outlaw Trail Theater is setting a worthy example of patriotism as Independence Day approaches. Currently in the middle of their run of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘South Pacific’, Outlaw Trail is paying homage to all veterans each night before the show begins.
The Thursday COVID-19 Situational Update on www.tricountyhealth.com shows that the confirmed total of cases in Uintah County has increased to 29 with 1 Hospitalization and 11 Recovered.
The carnival that opened Thursday in Uintah County has been ordered CLOSED and ALL who attended need to be on high alert after multiple workers tested positive for COVID-19.
A Duchesne County Sheriff’s Deputy is offering thanks to two men who offered help when an arrest turned combative on Thursday.